Henry BAKER

1820 -

• Name	Henry BAKER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	27 Feb 1820	Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Baptism	27 Feb 1820	Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	6 Sep 1844	Woolwich, Kent, England
  Joined Ordnance Survey	May 1845  [9]
  	1863 List
  1851 Survey Company	1851	Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  	Private, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	2, Grotto Square, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England   [1, 7]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	Henry Baker: Born 1821 in Hertfordshire, England Private in the royal sappiers & miners: 2, Grotto Square, Sculcoates, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (East Riding), England
  1861 Census	1861	York Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [3]
  	910, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Henry Baker, Sapper. Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen
  	Nature of Duties: Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 5d Length of Service: 17y 10m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Census	1871	1 Dover Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Surveyor, Ordnance Survey
  Person ID	I20278	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Julius BAKER,   b. 1796, Hertfordshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha BROOKS,   b. Abt 1796, Hertfordshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	10 Nov 1818	Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England   [10]
  Family ID	F4102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Clara BAKER,   b. 1831, Poole, Dorset, England
  Children	1. Alfred BAKER,   b. 1861, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Catherine BAKER,   b. 1868, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William BAKER,   b. 1856, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Julius BAKER,   b. 1858, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Tom Soper BAKER,   b. 23 Jan 1864, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1922, 23 High Street, Andover, Hampshire, England (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1851 Census. [S302] 1863 List. A return prepared by Ordnance Survey and sent to the House of Commons on 28 March 1863. The return names all persons employed on the Ordnance Survey except Military Officers and Labourers. The return includes the nature of their duties, rate of pay and length of service. The length of service has been used to generate an approximate date for joining Ordnance Survey. Transcribed by Clive Boocock 2021 1863 List [S306] Survey Company. FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments. [S49] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Henry Baker https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9841&h=18414290&indiv=try [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1187; Folio: 40; Page: 30; GSU roll: 827809. Record for Henry Baker https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14259951&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 673; Folio: 8; Page: 10; GSU roll: 542682. Record for Henry Bates https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=8020936&indiv=try [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2361; Folio: 41; Page: 24; GSU roll: 87633-87634. Record for Henry Baker https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=10987839&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1863 List. [S65] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Julius Baker https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9852&h=33024818&indiv=try